Translation's Forgotten History: Russian Literature, Japanese Mediation, and the Formation of Modern Korean Literature

by Heekyoung Cho

Translation's Forgotten History investigates the meanings and functions that translation generated for modern national literatures during their formative period and reconsiders literature as part of a dynamic translational process of negotiating foreign values. By examining the triadic literary and cultural relations among Russia, Japan, and colonial Korea and revealing a shared sensibility and literary experience in East Asia (which referred to Russia...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674660048
• ISBN13: 9780674660045
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"